1-5/8x2.25" Cuban card tobacco issue. Numbered C21-60, the baseball cards are part of a much larger set that also features boxers, actors and actresses, nudes and more. The baseball subset pictures mostly players from the 1923-1924 Cuban Professional League. Printed on glossy paper, the cards were meant to be glued into an album. Card front features head shot w/text "Base Ball Almeida C-21." Distinctive black border around the image. Card back has issuer/series information. Bold, sharp image. Almeida played third base for the Cincinnati Reds from 1910-1913. Almeida along with Armando Marsans debuted together with the Reds on July 4, 1911. Six years before Cincinnati, Almeida and Marsans both played in the United States as 1905 members of the integrated All Cubans. Almeida was elected to the Cuban Baseball HOF in its 1939 inaugural class. Designated by SGC as being from the "Richard Merkin Collection" and comes with Hake's COA.